Portugal. The Man

The rock band from Alaska consists of members, lead vocalist, John Baldwin Gourley, who also plays the, guitar, organ and drums, Zachary Carothers on the bass guitar, Kyle O'Quin on the keyboards, synthesisers and guitar and Jason Sechrist on the drums.

The original members of the band met at high school, where they began jamming, -playing music together- in the Wasilla High School in Wasilla, Alaska. The original members were John Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, and Jason Sechrist.

The original band formed in 2002, and they called themselves, "Anatomy of a Ghost", which was the work of John Gourley and Zach Carothers. However the band was not very successful andThey decided to split. Then in 2004 formed, 'Portugal. The Man'. The band started recording in studios and two years later release their debut album "Waiter: 'You Vultures!", on Fearless Records.

The North American band continued to release more albums and toured Europe. After numerous festival appearances including two performances at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival and St Jerome's Laneway Festival portugal. the man decided to embark on releasing a short film which featured some of their songs from their successful studio album, "In the Mountain Cloud". The film featured themselves and involved lead man John Gourley being abandoned whilst dog sledging, evidentially he is left dead. The film entailed a very brief 13 minutes of Alaskan wilderness.